Prince McLean, Apple Insider
A Google blogger has published an illustrated document outlining Google Chrome, a new web browser project based on Apple’s WebKit open source rendering engine.

The blogger says Google mailed out a description of the new project’s features in the form of a 38-page comic book, illustrated by artist Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics and distributed under a Creative Commons license.

Google planning new Chrome browser based on WebKit
Google on Google Chrome comic book

Daniel Eran Dilger
The next big thing for Mac laptops: a color LCD touchpad that brings the company’s iconic touch interface of the iPhone to Mac users. Here’s how it fits into Apple’s previous work and how it adds value and differentiation at surprisingly little additional cost.

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Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Following in the footsteps of US mobile provider T-Mobile and Google’s Android platform, Microsoft is plotting its own effort to create an online store for mobile software in the model of Apple’s iPhone App Store. [Read more →]